The United States administration has withdrawn the security and protocol given to former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf after a United Nations commission report blamed him for not providing adequate protection to slain former Premier Benazir Bhutto.
But, in contrast, Britain and the UAE have beefed up his security in light of threats following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The US administration withdrew 67-year-old Musharraf’s security and protocol after a UN commission’s report on former Premier Benazir Bhutto’s assassination blamed the military ruler for failing to provide her adequate security.
Mr Musharraf is treated like an ordinary citizen who has to join queues at the immigration counter in airports and undergo a thorough body search at the departure lounge, the News daily quoted diplomatic sources in Washington as saying. “Musharraf, in the past, would have his immigration process expedited after landing at United States airports,” said a source. —PTI